SAN TAN VALLEY — The Florence Unified School District board voted 3-2 for the superintendent “to assign personnel to explore a health curriculum” for district high schools.

SAN TAN VALLEY — Two members said their goodbyes and received the board’s best wishes Dec. 6 at the last regular meeting for 2022 of the Florence Unified School District Governing Board.

FLORENCE — In the race for Florence Unified School District Governing Board, Megan Weagant had a big lead Wednesday morning.

FLORENCE — Schools in Florence and San Tan Valley were mostly graded B along with several C’s and a couple of D’s in the state’s latest letter grades for public schools.

FLORENCE — Voters in Florence Unified School District No. 1 will elect two members of the Governing Board on Nov. 8, filling the seats currently held by Steven Johnson and Jim Thomas. This is the fifth and last in a series of articles in which the candidates respond in writing to questions f…

FLORENCE — Voters in Florence Unified School District No. 1 will elect two members of the Governing Board on Nov. 8, filling the seats currently held by Steven Johnson and Jim Thomas. This is the fourth in a series of articles in which the candidates respond in writing to questions from the …

FLORENCE — Eric Turner is the new director of Exceptional Student Services for Florence Unified School District. He attended Florence schools in middle school and high school and “is excited to return to his roots,” according to an announcement from FUSD.

FLORENCE — Voters in Florence Unified School District No. 1 will elect two members of the Governing Board on Nov. 8, filling the seats currently held by Steven Johnson and Jim Thomas. This is the third in a series of articles in which the candidates respond in writing to questions from the F…

FLORENCE — Voters in Florence Unified School District No. 1 will elect two members of the Governing Board on Nov. 8, filling the seats currently held by Steven Johnson and Jim Thomas. This is the second in a series of articles in which the candidates respond in writing to questions from the …

Voters in Florence Unified School District No. 1 will elect two members of the Governing Board on Nov. 8, filling the seats currently held by Steven Johnson and Jim Thomas. This is the first in a series of articles in which the candidates respond in writing to questions from the Florence Reminder.

FLORENCE — Pinal County School Superintendent Jill Broussard has appointed Ruth Smith of Eloy to fill a vacancy on Central Arizona College’s Governing Board.

FLORENCE — A burning roll of bathroom tissue in an upstairs restroom prompted the evacuation of American Leadership Academy-Anthem South high school on Hunt Highway Monday afternoon.

FLORENCE — After forming a committee to study options, holding two special meetings and hearing public comments, the Florence Unified School District Governing Board voted to reject a sex education curriculum called “Love Notes” to be taught by the Pinal County Health Department in FUSD high…

FLORENCE — Educational equity means eliminating unequal practices so that every child may achieve their full academic and social potential, according to the National Equity Project.

SAN TAN VALLEY — A new sex education program now under consideration is age-appropriate for high school freshmen and teaches teens how to abstain from sex and how to protect themselves if they decide to have sex later, the Florence Unified School District board was told. It doesn’t teach stu…

FLORENCE — The Class of 2022 “can be adventurous and reckless,” valedictorian Josefina Aguilar Pliszka told her Florence High School classmates May 26 just before they received their diplomas.

FLORENCE — Dolores “Lolita” Vasquez and Josefina Aguilar Pliszka know each other from their classes and school groups like National Honor Society and Future Business Leaders of America. They were coworkers for a time and even teamed up occasionally to talk teachers out of assignments.

PHOENIX — Sherri Jones, vice president of the Florence Unified School District Governing board, is one of 27 leaders from across Arizona chosen for the 2022 Flinn-Brown Fellows.

FLORENCE — A familiar face on the Florence school board is returning to complete an unexpired term for calendar year 2022. James A. “Jim” Thomas, who served on the board on and off for 20 years, will fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Denise Guenther last month, Pinal County Scho…

SAN TAN VALLEY — Denise Guenther, a Florence Unified School District Governing Board member for 12 years and a past board president, announced her resignation at the board’s April 12 meeting.

FLORENCE — The Town Council received an update Monday on new educational opportunities at Florence Community Library during National Library Week.

SAN TAN VALLEY — Florence Unified School District has opened a new District Registration Center near Walker Butte K-8 School and began enrolling new and returning students on March 1.

FLORENCE — A new principal has been appointed for Magma Ranch K-8 School, pending Governing Board approval.

SAN TAN VALLEY — Three parents and two students urged the Florence Unified School District Governing Board to approve a sex education program for high school students at the board’s March 8 meeting.

FLORENCE — With her new book, Florence-based writer Gloria Maria Neira hopes to inspire young women and adolescents to follow their dreams.

FLORENCE — “Spots are filling up quickly” at the American Leadership Academy Anthem South charter junior high and high school now under construction on North Hunt Highway, a company spokeswoman said.

FLORENCE — A school board member urged parents and community members to call their legislators and urge them to lift the spending cap that keeps Arizona public schools the lowest-funded in the country.

FLORENCE — Steve Johnson was elected president of the Florence Unified School District Governing Board at its first meeting of 2022, and Sherri Jones was elected vice president.

FLORENCE — A teacher was forced to resign from teaching eighth grade math at Copper Basin K-8 School after receiving “zero support” from administrators in dealing with student misbehavior, she told the Florence Unified School District Governing Board.

SAN TAN VALLEY — Six new social workers will begin working at Florence Unified School District campuses early in 2022 as the district seeks to overcome pandemic stresses on students, teachers and families.

SAN TAN VALLEY — Non-teaching personnel in Florence Unified School District will receive pay raises next month by going up one or more pay grades or a 5.35% cost-of-living adjustment, whichever is greater.

SAN TAN VALLEY — Florence Unified School District is presenting two alternatives for adjusting attendance boundaries for its K-8 schools, while continuing to work toward building junior high schools.

SAN TAN VALLEY — Florence Unified School District is proposing two options for adjusting school boundaries in response to a growing local population and has scheduled public meetings to hear comments before the school board takes action in January.

FLORENCE — Fifteen years after its K-6 school opened next door, American Leadership Academy broke ground on its new 7-12 campus, ALA Anthem South, Friday afternoon.

SAN TAN VALLEY — Florence school board members indicated they were losing patience with “after-the-fact” bills that weren’t processed correctly, show up late and aren’t covered in the current budget.